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Cloudy with occasional showers, with a high of 55. Winds light and variable, 50% chance of rain. Sunday night: Rain ending, partial clearing overnight, with a low of 44. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.
As daughter prepares for dangerous brian surgery, Queens dad has heart attack at her bedside
It was a complication no one could have predicted. Queens schoolgirl Khosboo Persaud, stricken with epilepsy since infancy, was about to undergo delicate brain surgery that could end her crippling seizures. Even with six doctors in the operating room at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell, there was a tiny chance something could go wrong, like bleeding or a stroke. As it turned out, the real medical crisis happened hours before the 12-year-old went under the knife, while her team was wrapping up preop testing. Khosboo’s father, Mohabir, had a heart attack. Read More: Daily News
New York City Housing Authority finally placing cameras at the Pomonok Houses in Queens, but mostly in areas where there is no crime
It seems like a no-brainer — put the cameras where the crime is. But that’s not what happened at the Pomonok Houses in Queens, a Daily News examination found. In late 2009, tenants at the public housing project got local politicians to set aside $700,000 for cameras they were told would be installed throughout the complex. Years passed as NYCHA tried to figure out how to best spend the taxpayers’ money. After all that planning, the residents learned in the last few weeks a sobering fact — only 13 of Pomonok’s 35 buildings will get cameras. And most perplexing of all, most will be placed in areas where there’s no crime. Read More: Daily News
Toddler remains found buried in L.I. backyard
Police have discovered what they believe to be the remains of Justin Kowalczic, a missing 17-month-old boy in Farmingdale, Long Island. According to investigators, Kowalczic’s remains were found buried in the backyard of the home Justin’s mother Heather Kowalczik rented with her boyfriend and their two other children. The search for Justin was ignited Wednesday. Read More: NBC NY
NYPD cop who shot unarmed GCP driver was ‘fearing for his life,’ sources say
The cop insists he was “fearing for his life.” Elite NYPD unit Detective Hassan Hamdy believed that Army National Guardsman Noel Polanco “was reaching for a weapon” right before Hamdy shot the unarmed Queens man during a traffic stop on the Grand Central Parkway, sources familiar with the cop’s account told The Post yesterday. Read More: NY Post
Paralyzed woman from Queens now wants life support
A Queens woman who was given the right to be taken off her respirator now says she wants to live, according to her lawyer. 28-year-old Sungeun Grace Lee is paralyzed from the neck down from a brain tumor and Friday, a Brooklyn Appellate court ruled she could be discontinued from life support. Read More: Fox NY
